Chapter 336 Come on, show it
System: [That’s right, hehe, how about Ah Ruan let the male mother open the gift on the spot, and let the other court officials of Da Xia see once again how important you are, Ah Ruan! ]
Yuanruan was a little embarrassed when the system said that, but then she thought, she didn't like going out at night in gorgeous clothes, and she would be exposed sooner or later anyway, so she might as well follow everyone's wishes and open the box on the spot.
Yuan Ruan yawned, greeted the Crown Prince, Qi Yue and others, then closed the door. After the palace maid changed her clothes and washed up briefly, Yuan Ruan came out wrapped in a warm leather jacket.
As soon as she sat down, Qi Yue handed her a piece of osmanthus rice cake.
Yuan Ruan took it and took two bites, then suddenly remembered: [Tong'er, where is the gift I want to give to the boy's mother now? Is it still with the third prince?]
System: [No. The Third Prince has already given you a personal maid.]
Yuan Ruan nodded and said only the word "gift" and pointed at the Third Prince. The personal maid understood and walked out. Not long after, she brought over the gift box sent by the Third Prince.
The young Minister of the Ministry of Revenue who witnessed all this was very impressed and whispered: "No matter how many times I see it, I am still amazed. A palace maid can understand the meaning of the young imperial teacher with just a gesture. It's amazing."
The Minister of War beside him whispered, "This is not an ordinary palace maid. Just looking at her ability to control her aura, you can tell that she must have been specially trained. But it is impossible for Your Majesty to place an ordinary person by the side of the young imperial teacher."
The Minister of Revenue suddenly realized what was going on, but he also thought it was natural.
Yuan Ruan simply ate some cakes, then took small steps towards Wu Yi, who was standing at the door with his arms folded, and pulled him into the inner room.
As they talked, Yuan Ruan said, "General Wu, I have a gift for you."
Wu Yi cooperated by bowing and happily agreed.
Yuan Ruan walked towards the copper tube that the palace maid had placed on the table, took out a small piece of cotton cloth from the box, and took out glass slices of different sizes and thicknesses from it. She looked at the air lightly, and then pressed them on both ends of the copper tube one by one.
Afterwards, Yuan Ruan handed it to Wu Yi and said, "Come and have a look."
After saying that, she handed the copper tube to Wu Yi, and then installed glass pieces on the remaining copper tubes.
Wu Yi fiddled with the copper tube in his hand in confusion. After Yuan Ruan stopped, he asked curiously, "Master, what is this? How do I see it?"
"This is a telescope, a derivative product of the official glass kiln." Yuanruan raised the copper tube in his hand, close to his right eye, and pointed it out the window. "Just look like this, and you can see things very far away."
"Oh, something far away?!" Wu Yi's eyes flashed with interest. He picked up the copper tube with one hand and looked at it. After a moment, Wu Yi asked with some doubt: "Master, I don't seem to see it clearly."
Yuan Ruan was stunned.
System: [Haha, he got it wrong.]
Yuan Ruan said hurriedly: "You hold it upside down, change the side."
Wu Yi coughed lightly, turned the copper tube in another direction, and leaned over to take a look again.
Seeing this, Wu Yi's originally relaxed expression gradually became solemn. He unconsciously moved a little closer to the window. He looked at it silently for a while, then raised his legs and took two steps forward again until his toes touched the wall. His two hands holding the copper tubes became tighter and tighter, and his whole body entered a mode of extreme shock and alertness, like a cat with its fur standing on end.
Wu Yi's unusual attitude aroused people's curiosity.
At this time, the Crown Prince, the Third Prince, and Qi Yue stepped forward and took one each.
The prince put it in front of his eyes first. After just looking at it for two seconds, he quickly walked to another window and lay down to look into the distance.
The Third Prince fiddled with the copper tube, looked at it, put it down, and then looked at it again, with a puzzled look on his face. He looked at Qi Yue beside him and asked in a low voice, "Did you see anything?"
Qi Yue glanced at the copper tube in the Third Prince's hand, silently helped him unscrew the lock on the tube, and said, "It's OK."
The third prince blushed with embarrassment. He had made a stupid mistake and actually forgot to open the lid.
The prince and his two companions looked more and more intently.
Just by looking at their movements, the court officials knew that the objects in their hands were definitely extraordinary.
Then they looked at the only copper tube left in Yuan Ruan's hand with burning eyes.
System: [Pfft. The way they stared at you was exactly the same as Da Huang's expression when he saw that you only had a piece of meat and bone in your hand.]
Yuan Ruan was amused: [Tong'er, you are good at using metaphors. ]
Courtiers: ...
The young official looked away modestly, trying to maintain his image.
But the older courtiers were thick-skinned and not only did they not feel embarrassed, they took a step forward.
For example, the Minister of War stepped forward, bowed and said, "Imperial Master, may I borrow your permission to observe?"
Yuanruan had no curiosity about the telescope and naturally reached out: "Here."
"Thank you, Imperial Master!" the Minister of War said happily.
However, when he was about to reach out to take it, his body was squeezed away by the Minister of Revenue next to him.
The Minister of Finance was not in a hurry to take the copper tube from Yuan Ruan, but still said respectfully: "Master Imperial Master, may I borrow it to have a look?"
Yuan Ruan didn't care about this and said calmly, "It's up to you. I don't care about your business."
The Minister of Revenue and the Minister of War were stunned, and were inexplicably amused by the word "villain".
Yuanruan tilted his head.
The Minister of Revenue and the Minister of War were so adorable that they took deep breaths and resisted the disrespectful urge to touch Yuanruan's little head.
The Minister of Revenue once again squeezed out the Minister of War.
The Minister of War looked at the Minister of Revenue with a tone of dissatisfaction: "Sir, the Imperial Master and the others have said that this item is related to military affairs, and I should have looked at it first."
The Minister of Finance glanced at him and said softly, "I will review any military equipment to see how much it costs. If it is expensive, no matter how useful it is, it cannot be promoted in the army."
The Minister of War froze for a moment and said dryly: "Please, please watch carefully..."
System: [Hahaha, Ah Ruan, look at the Minister of War. Doesn't he look like a cat with fate holding its neck? How does the saying go? Even a penny can make a hero fail.]
Yuan Ruan also tried hard to hold back his laughter, but couldn't help but chuckled twice: [Tong'er, stop laughing. If they see me laughing here for no reason, they might think I'm dreaming or crazy.]
The Minister of Revenue picked up the telescope and slowly looked out the window.
At this time, the prince suddenly spoke up: "Young Master, go to the palace maid standing under the tree in front, wearing a dark blue scarf, and measure how far it is from here. Also, go to the side hall on the far left side of the wall and climb up to see if there is a bird's nest on the beam of the main room, and if there are two baby birds in it, and are they gray?"
Once such a detailed description came out, the Minister of War, who was particularly sensitive to military affairs, jumped up.
The Minister of War was particularly active and took the initiative: "I'll go and see, I'll go!"
After saying that, he rushed out like a gust of wind. The young secretary was stunned for a moment, and hesitated for three seconds before chasing after him.